among a faculty member’s peers
,
peer trust distribution
, was not significantly related to
an individual’s
level of trust in colleagues (p > .05). In contrast, mean peer trust, reflecting the extent to which an
individual’s
close peers trust their colleagues, was significantly related to an individual
teacher’s level of trust (
y* =
.248, p ≤ .001). In other words, t
he more an individual was surrounded by high-trusting peers with whom s/he had a strong work relationship, the higher her/his individual trust in colleagues, indicating a relatively strong and positive association between peer and individual trust in colleagues